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gilwood Established Member

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I've been doing some swing analysis with various software such as v1pro. That leaves the question as to how to setup a camera to record yourself. There are some mounting solutions on the internet that are pretty expensive. I did find a solution with just a spider tripod (~$5) that works great!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16830996745

You can even carry around the bag and the mount doesn't come off. The only issue is that you need a taylormade bag or other bag with a top handle. It's just a matter of twisting the legs around the handle the correct way. Here's some pictures of my mount:





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Thought so, but then i thought maybe you americans had some fancy hand cleaner lol....

Have been looking for something similar for the iphone, however the ones i see are $40 upwards. Just want a cheap alternative
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Nice find!

Since I don't have a top handle, I'm using this clipping stand for my cam:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000...ef=oss_product

works great, and with about EUR 14,- not expensive...

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Also check out the gorilla pod by Jobi. They are small flexible tripods that can fit on anything. B&H; Photo/Video is a great photography site. Also, Amazon sells them. $15-30 depending on model. Some are small and some are larger to support dslr's and such.
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Just use a tripod it costs $10. More adjustable and stable.

That was a tripod...

I have a $100 tripod (my DSLRs use a $600 tripod with a $700 ball head and clamp on it) and a $25 Joby GorillaPod for my smaller camera.

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Just use a tripod it costs $10. More adjustable and stable.

Agreed... Using a full size tripod would be much easier. It gives you so many more option. With that setup on your bag, it seems like the camera would be a little low.

Obviously some are really expensive (like the one iacas has apparently), but a cheap one would do just fine in this situation.

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Obviously some are really expensive (like the one iacas has apparently), but a cheap one would do just fine in this situation.

Yeah, the $1400 tripod I have supports $5000+ in DSLR lenses and camera(s). :)

For teaching, I use a $100 tripod to support a $300 camera. For playing golf, I have a $200 camera and a $25 GorillaPod.

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I really like the sunscreen idea. But what is that clip holding it on called. Ive searched the net and cannot name it correctly. I'd like to clip lots of stuff on my bag.
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i put my camera on a chair...

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I really like the sunscreen idea. But what is that clip holding it on called. Ive searched the net and cannot name it correctly. I'd like to clip lots of stuff on my bag.

carabiner - came with the sunblock.

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If I take my driver out of the driver slot in my bag, my Kodak ZX-1 wedges perfectly into the slot. This is not ideal (should shoot from waist high), thus all my video recordings are shot too low.

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If I take my driver out of the driver slot in my bag, my Kodak ZX-1 wedges perfectly into the slot. This is not ideal (should shoot from waist high), thus all my video recordings are shot too low.

I just assumed you were 9 feet tall.

I like the idea of something light enough that you'll actually take it on the course. Imagine a super slo mo video of knocking down the flagstick on a signature hole - here's what I did on my vacation . . .

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